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Conferences may be more trouble than they are worthConferences may be more trouble than they are worthPosted Mar 24, 2013 23:22 UTC (Sun) by sjj (subscriber, #2020)In reply to: Conferences may be more trouble than they are worth by HelloWorld Parent article: Blum: Adria Richards, PyCon, and How We All Lost
Excuse me, but how does bringing out the broad brush about American society bring "something new to say and demonstrate the highest level of respect for others" (as the Grumpy Editor asked) in this discussion?
There may indeed be more civilized countries than the US. You may think that "the pathetic prudery of american society" is to blame. But the fact is that the conference we're presumably talking about here was held in Santa Clara, California, which is part of the US. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" has been part of Western civilization since at least 390 CE.
St. Augustine said it pretty well: When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but here [Milan] I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal.
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Conferences may be more trouble than they are worth Posted Mar 25, 2013 1:16 UTC (Mon) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129) [Link]
> Excuse me, but how does bringing out the broad brush about American society bring "something new to say and demonstrate the highest level of respect for others" (as the Grumpy Editor asked) in this discussion?
I don't think anyone brought up the point before that the problem may not be the developer who made a dirty joke but society's attitude towards it. I should have phrased it differently, but I still think it's a valid point to make.
Conferences may be more trouble than they are worth Posted Mar 25, 2013 12:03 UTC (Mon) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784) [Link] I wonder how all this will affect the tendency of various people in the different Python communities to use Monty Python references in their materials. Making references to Romans, particularly visiting dignitaries, might be more trouble than it's worth.
Conferences may be more trouble than they are worth Posted Mar 26, 2013 0:19 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
I dunno. Adria *is* a plausibly Latinate name, heck very close to that of at least one notable emperor. (I can't help noticing the social context of names here. The whole personality of said emperor seems to shift if you modernize his name by removing the first letter: Emperor Adrian...)
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